21.09.2010
MetroPCS fires up cutting-edge wireless network
(AP) -- MetroPCS Communications Inc., a regional cell phone company that mainly caters to low-income customers, on Tuesday became the first U.S. carrier to use a new network technology that provides faster data access... |
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20.09.2010
India`s Bharti taps Nokia, others to roll out 3G
India`s top mobile firm Bharti Airtel said Monday it had awarded contracts to establish its third-generation (3G) networks in the country to Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei Technologies Co. Swedish telecom... |
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19.09.2010
EU acts to extend digital switchover to remote and elderly
Regulators will bid Monday to extend mobile Internet access to Europe`s farthest flung outposts by opening up commercial rights to the analogue broadcasting spectrum. Britain, France and Germany are... |
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15.09.2010
S.Korea has more mobile phones than people: agency
Gadget-mad South Korea now has more mobile phones than people, with a growing number of users carrying multiple handsets for business purposes, telecoms authorities said Wednesday. The Korea... |
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13.09.2010
Attack on SC prison guard renews phone-jam debate
(AP) -- South Carolina authorities who have helped push for permission to block cell phone signals inside prisons say an officer in charge of keeping out contraband was nearly killed at his home - in an attack planned... |
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13.09.2010
Chattanooga utility offering fast Internet service
(AP) -- Chattanooga`s city-owned electrical utility has started offering an Internet service that is among the fastest in the world. Chattanooga`s Electric Power Board says the service will provide a 1... |
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13.09.2010
Wal-Mart introduces wireless plan under own brand (Update)
(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it is introducing the first cell phone plan that uses the chain`s own branding, further demonstrating its clout in getting special deals from wireless carriers. ... |
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13.09.2010
FCC to open up vacant TV airwaves for broadband
(AP) -- A new flavor of Wi-Fi, with longer range and wall-piercing power, could show up in wireless gadgets a year from now if the Federal Communications Commission works out the last details of new spectrum rules that... |
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11.09.2010
Japan launches satellite for better GPS coverage (Update)
Japan on Saturday launched a rocket carrying a satellite intended to improve global positioning systems. The H-IIA rocket blasted off at 8:17pm (1117 GMT) from the Tanegashima space centre in southern... |
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08.09.2010
Prepaid phones gain popularity as users seek to lower bills
Sales have never been better for MetroPCS. The prepaid cell phone retailer broke records in the first and second quarter of 2010 with new subscribers to its no-contract, monthly flat-rate mobile service. ... |
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